Is Black Hat Actually the Hero? Villainous Season 1 Theory & Analysis!

With Villainous now on MAX, lets take a look at the way all the pieces of the puzzle line up, and what it might mean for future episodes.

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[DragonitaPurple]

Alan has said that Black Hat is meant to be the personification of all evil, but it's true that the villains in the series (and even the heroes) are meant to be very morally grey

[thorveim]

a few extra things might explain why this happens:
-The Black hat organization offers their services to ANY villain regardless of their actions, bodycount or ambitions; that means people that get labelled as villains even thought hey are good at heart are still their customers just as well as the truely vile
-Black hat himself is a retired supervillain, and leading the company is his retirement plan, earning money and/or souls in the process. In that regard he doesnt care about how evil or not his customers are, only that they sign contracts with him.

[aawallace]

i think black hat is just the type of villian who takes more pleasure in breaking the minds and morals of people rather then just lavishing in destruction and torment

[rainbowtoyfunrandomess]

There's no way Black Hat is secretly good. He's definitely a very evil being that we know and love. Of course I think Villainous is a very cool show with the villains as main characters.😈

[Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus]

you can't imagine how happy I am that we're doing Villainous I love the new series

[AMVRadio]

Yeah the thing about penumbra is that the company she worked for was controlled by black hat and they sabotaged her machine. Similar situations also happen with other villains on those websites. Black Hat is literally creating his own business.

[tiredwriter]

I'm suprised the instagrams for Penumbra and Miss Heed weren't mention because they have interesting bits of world building in them.

[multiplesingular]

I still like to think that Black Hat is a sort of 'evil one punch man' and that while there may be different wearers of the hats the underlying personality is this extremely old solid concentration of pure evil that ultimately wants one thing, a real challenge.

Any apparent positive acts are linked to the overarching goal of bringing a hero powerful enough to serve as any actual opposition to Black Hat himself, a fundamentally selfish goal which Black Hat would happily sacrifice absolutely anything to achieve.

[soranora]

With all the CN shows making cameos in this PPG, grim adventures, fosters, Evil Con Carne. Something I'd like to see is an interaction between Black Hat and Mandy.

[santiagoarrieta]

I think Black hat don't really have a higher goal, he simply is doing all it because he want and can do so, and if any side overtake the other is bad for his business and personal amusement. He prefer the fight between "good" and "evil" continue because it is more entertaining.
He like make people suffer and be miserable, but of they don't have hope and desires the suffering of most people became apathy.

[jacylnjaggar]

Loved the Instagram story they made and how it integrated with the show. Would love a video on it

[YaBoyBenji]

Oh by the way, Prenumbra and Miss Heed both have their own Instagrams with additional content if you’re interested :D

[throne]

In my opnion, the possobly plottwist in villanos, maybe is the fact that Black Hat make, not also make deals with villans, but also with people who want became heroes. Giving that a oportunity the game with Heroes and villans continue, so that Lord Black Hat make mour deal, and consume mour souls.

[DSi]

I was rewatching OK KO a little while ago, even better with the rewatch, and noticed something in the special "Crossover Nexus". When KO, Raven, and Garnet reached the mall with all of the heroes that Strike got to, I saw Black Hat along side them.

[theanimatormustachegrunt]

Before you explain the theories about villainous lore it's kinda reminded me alot of helluva boss for how story structure and characters the main bad is mixed with less blitzo and more alastor the nerd one is pretty much moxxie the lizard lady is more millie violent nature and the bear is loona but not loona? For perverse views and one time I saw the heart-chest lady is reminded me alot of verosika

[diegofranco]

I don’t think black hat is actually good because he hurts his workers and make deals with their client souls.🤔

[bahesb]

Who else thinks black hat is one of the Greatest villains of all time?

[ThatGelatinBoi]

“Is Black Hat the hero?”
Black Hat: Eats a puppy and baby cause he was bored

[ineffable_bungee_gum]

I’m so happy to see you guys covering Villainous again! It’s been quite a wait to finally have the whole season on streaming in English, but it’s been really fun so far and I can’t wait to see where the show goes 👀

[mikechicago]

I like this series....glad its officially released on Max and hope for S2 and more episodes! Love the cameos and references to many different series